Schopenhauerism

American  

[shoh-puhn-hou-uh-riz-uhm] / ˈʃoʊ pənˌhaʊ əˌrɪz əm /

noun

1. the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.

---

Etymology

Origin of Schopenhauerism

First recorded in 1880–85; Schopenhauer + -ism

Example Sentences

Fancy what it might have been, this long exposition of sheer Schopenhauerism in three dramas and a fore-play! imagine what Parry or Stanford or Mackenzie would have made of it!

From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by Runciman, John F.

But Schopenhauerism might easily have ruined Tristan—did not ruin it only because Wagner himself, when writing it, was consumed with a fervour of passion that is the negation of Schopenhauerism.

From Richard Wagner Composer of Operas by Runciman, John F.